Project improves first aid response capacity at schools

At the launching ceremony (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) –
The (VRC) Central Committee and launched a
project on improving first aid response capacity at schools and in the community
in Hanoi on November 22.

The project will be carried
out from November 2018 to June 2019 at primary schools in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh
City, which see the highest rates of traffic accidents and accidental injuries
nationwide.

With a total funding of over
1.8 billion VND (77,400 USD), the project will provide first aid training for
more than 10,000 teachers and students in the two cities, while organising communication
activities to raise public awareness of the significance of .

It will also deliver
documents and first aid equipment to the schools, and study knowledge, attitude
and practice of emergency before and after the implementation of the project.

Vice President of the VRC
Central Committee Tran Quoc Hung said since 1992, the organisation has deployed
activities in 63 cities and provinces
nationwide.

Statistics
show that the rate of accidents occurring among children in Vietnam is about
eight times higher than that in developed countries, with fatalities most
commonly caused by traffic accidents and drowning.-VNA